Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a busy Car Parking & Security Team within the Directorate of Estates, Facilities & PFI. The post holder will be responsible for supporting a full range of Car Parking and Security duties within the Car Parking & Security Department at County Hospital.

Car Parking and Security is a 24hour, 365 day service. The successful candidate will be required to support a busy Car Parking & Security department, supporting existing staff and supporting the service through periods of absence and annual leave within an existing rolling rota shift pattern as required.

Pay

Staff will also benefit from enhance payments on top of their basic hourly pay as outlined below:

Basic pay: £12.08 per hour.

Additional Payments

Unsociable hours - for all hours worked between the hours of 20.00pm to 6.00am, an additional 41% will be paid per hour on top of basic payment.

Saturday Working - for all hours worked on a Saturday, an additional 41% will be paid per hour on top of basic payment.

Sunday Working - for all hours worked on a Sunday, an additional 83% will be paid per hour on top of basic payment.

Main duties of the job

We are currently looking to recruit enthusiastic persons to join our Car Parking & Security team who provide and maintain a professional, efficient, effective and timely service to patients, visitors and departments. Experience in this type of role is beneficial but is not essential as full training can be given.

Car Parking services are provided at the hospital 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, worked over a rolling shift pattern including weekends. A flexible approach to work, smart appearance, good communication skills and a high standard of customer care is required.

The position will involve long periods of walking up to 20,000 steps per day patrolling the County site, dealing with car parking queries as well as being the point of contact for site security, crime detection and prevention,  operating CCTV and investigating alarm activations as well as managing security incidents and events, including de-escalation of situations and safe restraint as required.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.